Folding bedstead



UNITED sri-iras JAMES A. JOHNSTON, OF ANTRIM, OHIO.

FOLDING BEDSTEAD.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES A. JOHNSTON, of Antrim, in the county of Guernsey and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Adjustable FoldingA Bedstead; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon, similar characters referring to like parts of the model bedstead.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention I `will proceed to describe its construct-ion and operation.

The nature of my invention consists in constructing a model bedstead having hinged joints so arranged that the bedstead can be thrown into several convenient and accommodating positions. l

Figure vl is a side view, showing the bedstead in the position it usually occupies. Fig. 2, shows the bedstead in a position at once easy and convenient to invalide, who

' frequently require a change of position.

Fig. 3, shows the bedstead folded up into a form easily removable in case of re &c.

In the drawings, A, is the bedstead,-B,

hinged, side bedrails-G, accommodating brace-D, stay block-a hinges in centerV of side bed-rails-, hinges connecting hinged side bedrails to the posts A-c, hinge at the center of accommodating brace C- cZ, hinges connecting accommodating brace C, to the center of end bed posts-e, slats for supporting the bedscrews for firmly securing the end rails to the bedstead, posts A.

In the operation of my improvement, the bedstead being put together by means of the hinges as described, the side rails have three joints, also the accommodating brace has three' corresponding joints. The end rails are fastened Vinto the post by screws,

and are not taken out, and are to remain permanently. When the joints in the side rails, and in the brace are straightened, the bedstead is in a position to receive the bed, as seen in Fig. 1. The stay block is pressed down on the brace, and holding it in its desired position for strengthening the bedstead. If it is desired to use bedstead as an invalid couch, this is readily effected by bending up the joint in the middle of the rail, and turning in the top of the posts at the foot of the bed, forming an inclined position in .which a patient can rest in a half sitting or reclining-posit-ion, the brace holding it firm and steady in the position as shown in Fig. 2. The mattress ought to be made with a joint or in two pieces so as to readily accommodate itself to the different positions the bedstead is made to assume. 'When it is desirable to move the bedstead speedily, as in case of re, or for any other purpose, it is readily done by raising the middle joint, when the joints at the ends yield, and the bedstead assumes the position shown in Fig. 3, when it can be readily removed without being taken apart.

I am aware that a bedstead has been in use withjoints in the end rails having the side rails let in by a dovetail mortise and capable of folding only the ends together; this I do not claim, but

What I do claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

The accommodating brace C, in combina* tion with the stay block D, and hinged jointed rails B, and posts A, for the purpose of forming an invalid, or otherbedstead as required easily removed without being taken apart, either in whole or in part.

J AS. A. JOHNSTON. Witnesses HENRY R. STILES, WM. MoRRow. 

